“When strong, avoid them. If of high morale, depress them. Seem humble to fill them with conceit. If at ease, exhaust them. If united, separate them. Attack their weaknesses. Emerge to their surprise.”
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“It is the rule in war, if our forces are ten to the enemy's one,
to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous,
to divide our army into two.”
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to surround him; if five to one, to attack him; if twice as numerous,
to divide our army into two.”
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“The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Be extremely subtle even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of the opponent's fate.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
“Supreme excellence consists of breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting.”
― The Art of War
― The Art of War
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